Umbilical-member managing system for industrial robot

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2007-07-10

2007-07-10

Kerns, Kevin P. (Department: 1725)

Electric heating

Metal heating

By arc

C219S137900, C901S042000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11076904

ABSTRACT:
An umbilical-member managing system for an industrial robot. The embodiment of the umbilical-member managing system provided in an arc welding robot serves to lay and manage, along a manipulator, a torch cable connected to a welding torch attached to the manipulator. This umbilical-member managing system includes a support unit provided on the manipulator movably toward and away from the welding torch to support the torch cable; and a biasing mechanism continually biasing the support unit on the manipulator in a direction away from the welding torch. In this arrangement, the support unit may be composed of a wire feeding device for feeding a welding wire in the torch cable toward the welding torch. A guide unit is provided on the manipulator, which can guide the wire feeding device in a direction toward and away from the welding torch.

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